Sunday, September 11, 2011

System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found

Are you tired of looking for solution for this error and still having troubles with sharing or accessing files over your network?

I looked a lot for the answer and got "Check if services are running", "Restart", Unistall/reinstall".
I followed dozen of similiar advices. I was checking different options with Network Sharing Center. Nothing helped.

Stop doing it and try what helped me.

Run command line (Start and enter cmd)

net use z: \\computer_name\your_share /persistent:no

It should tell you that your password is invalid and ask you to provide new one.
It will map your share to network drive. You can disconnect it later if you don't need it or it will disappear next time you boot. It should make your other shares available as well.

Looks like the issue is related to some cached password which is no longer valid and windows explorer is not asking for it.

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